1 Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronic‚ software and personal computers. The mission statement of Apple is “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork‚ and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store‚ and has recently introduced its magical iPad which
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Apple: Business Analysis II MGT 521 August 22‚ 2011 Apple: Business Analysis II As of May 2010‚ “Apple‚ the maker of iPods‚ iPhones and iPads‚ shot past Microsoft‚ the computer giant‚ to become the world’s most valuable technology company” (Heft & Ashlee‚ 2010). Apple’s expansion in consumer electronics has garnered them a reputation as a powerhouse in this industry also. In this paper‚ I will review‚ analyze and summarize Apple Inc. financial health‚ technological advantages against
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Othman Aldhfeeri 2/20/2013 English 091 Jordan Case/Effect Paragraph Apple makes among the best phones in the world. The iPhone is their flagship product and it outpaces sales among everything they offer. Apple is at the forefront of the newest technology. The iPhone uses the state-of-the-art designs‚ such as touch screens and aluminum casing. The main industrial designer‚ Jonathan Ives‚ is famous for his concept of how it should look‚ function‚ and feel. Ives is a world renowned designer and his
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Increasing the Profit of Training Part Three When working to increase the profitability of training and running a training team as a P&L‚ as with any other business there are only two way to increase profit: increase revenue or decrease costs. Previous white papers have looked at how to quantify training efforts into revenue and discussed some strategies to reduce expense‚ but for most departments‚ the single largest expense by far is salary. In challenging economic times and a company is faced
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Company background Name | McDonald ’s Corporation | Industries served | Restaurants‚ Food | Geographic areas served | Worldwide | Headquarters | U.S. | Current CEO | Don Thompson | Revenue | $ 27.56 billion (2012) | Profit | $ 5.46 billion (2012) | Employees | 1‚800‚000 (2013) | Main Competitors | Burger King Worldwide‚Inc.‚ Yum! Brand Inc.‚ Subway‚ Wendy’s Company. | McDonald’s is the world’s leading fast food restaurant chain with more than 34‚000 local restaurants serving
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the phenomenal success of Apple’s iPod. It seems everyone has an opinion as to how design has contributed to the dominance of Apple in this lucrative‚ emergent market‚ targetedif not lusted afterby savvy high tech giants Sony‚ Samsung‚ Dell and Microsoft. But I suspect that something more clever is afoot; that Apple’s design strategy is in line with something we call "value transference." And if my suspicion is correct‚ the technology at the heart of the iPod will have little to do with their
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SWOT Analysis: iPhone and Apple as Apple Inc’s view Strengths • Recognition Brand. • Good reputation. • Integration iPod in iPhone. Use brand iPod as base in order to grow iPhone market. (Customers buy iPhone and also get iPod in the same device) • Good business strategist‚ Apple is using App Store in iTunes as a tool to drive the iPhone’s market. And Apple makes it more attract by cutting application prize in App Store off 30% and almost a half of application in the App Store are free
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will buy used Macs‚ Apple receives no profit from resale of used goods. - General lack of regard for OSX and perceived higher costs make it difficult to achieve wide-spread adoption in the business sector‚ limiting potential market share. OPPORTUNITIES - Poor public perception of Windows Vista allows Apple to push OSX as an attractive alternative option for users. - Success of Apple iPhone is a viable stepping stone for Apple to attract new users who previously had not owned an Apple computer. THREATS
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iPod Product Background The name iPod refers to a category of portable digital audio players designed and marketed by Apple Computer. It is an exceptionally popular‚ portable digital music player that stores up to 10‚000 songs on its 40GB hard disk. The earlier versions of iPod were only able to function as music players. Currently‚ it also includes features such as storing addresses‚ games and calendar. The iPod was originally developed for Mac computers but software was introduced in 2002 to
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Analysis SWOT The forces of an organization are used to compensate for their weaknesses‚ capitalize on opportunities and counter threats. Forces Apple has an excellent reputation as one of the best technology companies worldwide‚ remained loyal to its customers in designing their products. Apple’s power means not only attract new customers but also retain existing ones with new products and services‚ which offers the company the opportunity to extend their products. Currently‚ Apple is the
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